I’ve read that younger men now want to marry women who will stay home with the children.
But not in my generation. Our men wanted us to work (at least all the men I knew). Many women wanted to stay home with the babies, but the husbands wanted that second paycheck coming in.
I didn’t want to hand my baby over to strangers, but my now-ex was worried about money. So, I did the math and showed him the numbers: Daycare would cost most of my paycheck. But, if I worked part-time, we would avoid daycare and I’d actually bring home more money. That’s what all parents should do - the math. Believe it or not, some moms are working to pay daycare expenses. A part-time gig while dad spends time with the kiddos sometimes brings in more money without the daycare expense.
Still, the best model is for mom to stay home with the babies while dad works. All this driving back and forth to daycare and work must be confusing. Otherwise, I can’t understand how anyone forgets a baby in the car.
That's good news. For a long time, I've been reading that men considered stay-at-home wives to be "leeches" and that young girls were afraid to tell the men they dated that they wanted to stay home with their future kids.